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Council and mayoral election results present the Labour Government with a stark dilemma, writes Peter Dunne: Back down on major policies or call the local electors' bluff?

Newsroom.co.nz

North Lanarkshire councillors discuss improvement of play equipment with additional support needs

A motion called for one park in each of the council’s 21 wards to be supplied with suitably adapted equipment

Daily Record

Two warehouses of outdoor dining furniture confiscated in Dublin City Council crackdown

Inspectors have been asking bars, restaurants and cafes to remove illegitimate street furniture

Dublin Live

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Lexington council asked to consider temporary emergency sheltering proposal

Lexington city leaders are discussing strategies for emergency housing during periods of extreme cold this winter. Council members heard from a housing administrator as well as a proposal from a longtime nonprofit shelter organization.

WEKU

Alimi Urges European Countries to Pressure Houthis on Yemen Peace

The head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, has called on European officials to put more pressure on the Houthi militias to push them toward the path of peace. Yemeni official sources stated that Alimi met in Riyadh with the assistant Secretary-General of the European Union, Enrique Mora,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bonfire Night is CANCELLED across Manchester parks as council blames "escalating costs"

The free council-organised events, including at Heaton Park, will NOT be taking place this year

Manchester Evening News

Protests, anger, tears roil LA City Council meeting over leaked racist recordings

LOS ANGELES — Politicians, religious leaders, activists and everyday Angelenos directed their fury at the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday, telling elected leaders about the rage and sadness they felt over a recording in which Council member Nury Martinez is heard making racist remarks and denigrating colleagues.

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Philadelphia is expected to make its 10 pm curfew for teenagers permanent

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia appears poised to make a 10 p.m. curfew for people under age 18 permanent, and there’s some talk of again fining the parents of children who violate it.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

LA City Council members' secret meeting was ugly. But it probably wasn't illegal

LOS ANGELES — In addition to prompting widespread outrage, the revelation that members of the Los Angeles City Council exchanged racist jibes at a secret meeting with a top labor leader has led some Californians to wonder whether they crossed a legal line as well.

Los Angeles Times

White House calls on Nury Martinez to resign amid LA City Council leaked audio

WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday called for Nury Martinez to resign from the Los Angeles City Council over racist remarks she is heard making on leaked recordings that were made public this week

Los Angeles Times

Protests, anger, tears roil LA City Council meeting over leaked racist recordings

LOS ANGELES — The L.A. City Council struggled to begin its meeting Tuesday as Angelenos flooded the chambers and screamed with anger two days after a surreptitious recording surfaced on which Council member Nury Martinez is heard making racist remarks and denigrating colleagues.

Los Angeles Times

On Second Vatican Council anniversary, Pope urges Catholic unity

Pope Francis on Tuesday called for church unity during one of the most polarised periods in modern Catholic history, as he marked the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council.

Reuters

Council chiefs confirm ‘streamlined’ plans for regeneration of Oxford Street

Wider pavements, seating, additional greening and lighting are part of the plans

Evening Standard

Edinburgh Council confirm all the support available to help with cost of living crisis

Edinburgh council has compiled a useful site that will assist families and individuals who will be struggling to meet the rising costs that are impacting society.

Edinburgh Live

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West Lothian schools set to bear brunt of budget cuts, consultation shows

Only council tax rises above 3.5% will be able to stave off budget savings needed to maintain services as council has to make inroads into the £47m funding gap it faces.

Manchester Evening News

Long-awaiting new leisure centre shelved due to budget cuts and spiralling inflation

The £20m building has been put on the back burner as the council faces a £16m budget shortfall

Dublin Live

Candlelight protest against cycle route plans to take place at Deansgrange Cemetery

Susan McGarvey, 45, launched a petition against the plans last month, saying it would "leave the graveyard completely open and not private".

Liverpool Echo

Wirral Council votes unanimously to oppose fracking

“Council restates its opposition to all unconventional gas extraction under Wirral, its offshore waters and Dee and Mersey Estuaries”

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Council agrees to stump up extra funding to safeguard North West 200 for 2023

Coleraine and District Motor Club, organisers of the North West 200, warned the council earlier this year that the event was 'at a crossroads'

Liverpool Echo

Wirral Council votes to request bailout to plug budget gap despite Tory opposition

Labour called on the Conservatives "for fairer funding for Wirral before it's too late"

Manchester Evening News

Council urged to question the need for controversial 1,100 home development by petition signed by over 3,400

"What would it take for them to be open to a discussion to change the amount of houses they’re proposing?”

The Independent UK

Racist remarks spotlight rivalry between LA Latinos, Blacks

A leaked recording of crude, racist comments that resulted in the president of the Los Angeles City Council resigning from the post also provided a look into City Hall’s racial rivalries

Los Angeles Times

LA civic leaders call for Martinez, de León and Cedillo to resign from City Council

LOS ANGELES — The chorus of civic leaders calling for L.A. City Council members Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo to step down from the City Council grew louder Monday, as U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, Mayor Eric Garcetti and both mayoral candidates called on the embattled politicians to…

Tribune News Service

Nearly 2,000 migrants arrived in NYC over weekend as shelter crisis shows no sign of abating

NEW YORK — At least 1,800 Latin American asylum-seekers arrived in the city over the weekend, signaling that the migrant wave is accelerating even as Mayor Eric Adams’ administration scrambles to shelter thousands of desperate travelers already in New York.

Los Angeles Times

Labor federation says leaked audio of LA City Council members is ‘illegal,’ vows to investigate and prosecute

LOS ANGELES — The leaked audio of then-Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez privately making racist remarks was part of a “serious security and privacy breach” at L.A. County Federation of Labor offices involving “illegal” recordings of “many private and confidential conversations in private offices and conference rooms,” the…

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